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>A night at the movies with Zombieland!
>Last Monday, Cameron and I went to see Zombieland. We headed over to the AMC Tri City 8. We watch all of our movies together there because they are $4.00 on week days and on weekends before noon. We're not cheap, we're broke.
Cameron revealed that he was shocked to see the Sherlock Holmes movie posters. He didn't know it was being made and he had no idea that Robert Downey Jr. was playing Sherlock Holmes. He seemed to be intrigued and declared that we would see it. (Robert Downey Jr. is in it. I am seeing it for darn sure. You know, to um… support reformed actors in the arts.)
We also saw posters for The Vampire's Apprentice. Neither of us knew what it was about, but we put it on our tentative lists of movies we want to watch. If you are interested you can view the trailer here. (Looks kind of cool. Is this a kids movie?)
The last poster that Cam and I saw got my heart pounding. It was for Where the Wild Things are. It looks amazing. My kids are excited. I am excited. Just view the trailer here. It's just amazing.
We walked into the theater and we were slightly surprised to see that it was over half full. Cam and I saw The Proposal here and we were two of the four people in the place. Granted, Zombieland has a broader appeal (and I felt that The Proposal was kind of a disappointment.)
Cameron took so long making me frozen Stauffer's lasagna and smoking cigarettes that by the time we got there we had almost completely missed the two year old movie quizzes and reminders that soda and popcorn were in the lobby. The theater went dark about 3 minutes after we found our seats.
The trailers that played were:
• V (A new series on ABC. Looks awesome. It stars Morena Baccarin Who played Inara on Firefly.)
• Saw VI (Completely unnecessary trash. Cam and I are skipping this and all other Saw films.)
• Year One (Will be renting ASAP.)
• 2012 (I adore John Cusack. It's a film about the world ending in 2012. It looks interesting.)
• New Moon. (The second Twilight film. I'm furious. I was avoiding this like the plague. I want to see it now AND it comes out on my birthday.)
• Nightmare on Elm Street. (No. Just no.)
Finally, the movie began. The premise is that the world has been infected with a plague related to Mad Cow Disease that turns you into a zombie. This movie starts out with a young man played by Jesse Eisenberg telling us about how he survives. He has a list of rules that he lives by and when he tells you about them they have a tendency to pop up on the screen. (This is actually very funny. I have a tendency to walk up to people in my office and say "Double Tap." Hilarity almost always ensues.)
The other main character in the film is a bad ass played by Woody Harrelson. (I find him to be really sexy, but I can't really figure out why. It's got to be that accent.) He's not crazy about connecting emotionally and he doesn't want to know your name. Call him Tallahassee, because that's where he's headed.
The film goes on to tell us their story and it's seriously funny. The film also stars Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin with a cameo by the mega-awesome Bill Murray. I'm not telling you more because you need to go and see this.
I just have one question. WHY are zombies forever throwing up blood? It's really gross. Cameron says that I just don't get it and that it is, in fact, necessary. I'll take his word for it.


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W.C. Fields was so many things that the image of the drunken, child-hating, dog-kicking,man is unfair, even if it was meticulously promoted by the man himself. Born William Claude Dukenfeld in Philadelphia in 1880, he got the itch to join the theater. At the time that meant being a part of the traveling burlesque circuit. He married Hattie Hughes in 1900 and would have one son, Claude. He became W.C. Fields and travelled the globe performing as per...

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So, Ive been working on this book about postmodern male identity for some time called BE A MAN, and Brandon, a colleague of mine, passed along the text of a recent Dockers ad campaign theyve labeled the Man-ifesto. Heres the ad content:
Once upon a time, men wore the pants, and wore them well. Women rarely had to open doors and little old ladies never crossed the street alone. Men took charge because thats what they did. But somewhere along the way, the world decided it no longer needed men. Disco by disco, latte by foamy non-fat latte, men were stripped of their khakis and left stranded on the road between boyhood and androgyny. But today, there are questions our genderless society has no answers for. The world sits idly by as cities crumble, children misbehave and those little old ladies remain on one side of the street. For the first time since bad guys, we need heroes. We need grown-ups. We need men to put down the plastic fork, step away from the salad bar and untie the world from the tracks of complacency. Its time to get your hands dirty. Its time to answer the call of manhood. Its time to wear the pants.
And heres a revised version/response from a blogger known as Heartless Doll, which I think kinda rules:
Once upon a time, men didnt have anyone questioning their shit. They wanted to be congratulated for opening doors and walking across streets. Men were in charge because they kept everyone else down. But somewhere along the way, women wised up and were like, these dudes are fucking assholes and wed like some freedom and autonomy now, please. Somehow, dance music and delicious coffee made it so that men couldnt wear the official pants of middle management, left stranded on the road between ageism and misogyny. But today, there are questions scholars, feminists and other people who speak truth to power would like some answers to. The world does not sit idly by as activists fight against the actual evils of the world while some pants company complains about coffee. For the first time since bad guys, we realized that the heroes were often the bad guys. We need grown-ups who dont whine about dance music. We need men to not be ushered into oppressive gender roles and to eat salad if they want to, and ladies, too. Its time for everyone to get their hands dirty. Its time to answer the call of gender equality. Its time to wear whatever the fuck you want.


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Boston Bruins players visit Newtown students (photos, video)
NEWTOWN -- Beneath his goalie pads Monday at the Newtown Youth Academy, Sandy Hook Elementary School second-grader Eric Van DeWeerdt was looking pretty fearless.
Fearless enough to stand his ground and stop a shot by 6-foot, 5-inch Boston Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton, among many others during a floor hockey game -- and come out smiling.
But his mother, Ginny Van DeWeerdt, was just glad that Eric was able to get out the back door of the school without getting hurt or seeing anything horrible on Dec. 14.
"He was one of the lucky ones," she said as she watched her son play with Hamilton, several other members of the 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Bruins and a bunch of other Newtown kids.
Monday, Presidents Day, was the Bruins' day to do what they could to lift spirits in Newtown -- bringing the Stanley Cup with them for an earlier session from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. that, like the afternoon session the DeWeerdts came to, was closed to the general public.
Head coach Claude Julien -- fresh off a plane from Winnipeg that got the team in to Boston around 3:30 a.m. -- came to town along with players Chris Bourque, Andrew Ference, Hamilton, Adam McQuaid, Daniel Paille, Rich Peverley and Tyler Seguin.
All wore black Bruins jerseys made specially for the occasion, with green Sandy Hook School ribbons over the right breast. They were to be donated to Newtown after the event.
In addition to the appearance in Newtown, the Bruins will honor Sandy Hook Elementary School Vice Principal Natalie Green Hammond at their game against the Montreal Canadiens March 3 at the TD Garden. Green Hammond, a lifelong Bruins fan, will drop the ceremonial first puck.
The Bruins played floor hockey with dozens of kids, signed autographs, took photos with kids and their parents and even ended the day by donning blue and gold Newtown High School Nighthawks jerseys for more photos. All around the room, people smiled a lot.
Asked how she felt about the Bruins coming to town, Ginny Van DeWeerdt thought for a split second, smiled, and then answered, "Honestly, I wish it was in someone else's town and not ours.
"I wish it wasn't in anyone's town," she quickly added.
That said, she looked around at the hundreds of smiling Newtown kids -- many moving too fast to talk about it themselves -- and said, "This is beautiful."
Eric Van DeWeerdt, once he slowed down for a moment, was more effusive.
"It's AWESOME!!!" he said after dumping his goalie pads and heading back out as a defenseman.
But if there was awe on people's faces in that room, at least some of it was on the faces of the Bruins themselves.
"I think for us it was something that we really wanted to do -- the fact that we had that opportunity to come here and hopefully put some smiles on people's faces, and show some support," said Julien. "I think that was the biggest thing about today. ... We had lots of volunteers. ... I'm really proud of our players and happy that we got the opportunity to come here."
Julien was one of several Bruins who talked about how they were moved by the tragedy at Sandy Hook, in which a troubled 20-year-old man blasted his way in the school's front entrance Dec. 14 with a Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and two handguns and quickly slaughtered 20 first-graders and six female staff members.
"I know that when the tragedy hit -- I'm not going to lie -- I cried like everybody else," Julien said. "When you look at the faith and the strength of this town and how they bonded and support each other, that's amazing."
Ference, a Bruins defenseman who is the father of a 7-year-old and a 3-year-old, said that "everything that happened here ... hits close to home. ... It's not that hard to imagine it happening to you. ... So it's an opportunity as a sports team in New England where we can come down and obviously make a lot of kids happy and a lot of parents happy.
"So how do you not come down?" he said.
Asked what he hoped kids might get out of the visit, Ference said, "Hopefully, they're just having fun. ... I just want the kids to have a good day and smile and have fun and hopefully have some good memories of today."
Mission accomplished.
"I think it's nice that they're doing it. It's a good thing for Newtown, because of the shootings and stuff," said Kyle Mockovack, 8, a student at Hawley School.
Like Eric, Hawley School student Markus Paultauf, 9, got the opportunity to stop shots by members of the Bruins -- in his case, Paille and Peverley.
"It was AWESOME" Markus said, in what by then was becoming a familiar refrain.
"It's amazing," said his dad, Rob Paltauf, who coaches the Northwestern Icehawks in the New Milford youth hockey program. "It's a fantastic thing that they're doing, especially since the players were in Winnipeg last night."
Markus and his older brother, Matthias, 11, a student at Reed Intermediate School, even got to see the Stanley Cup at the earlier session, he said.
"We think it's awesome that they came here to show their support," said Rich Giacin, who came with his wife, Charlene -- both wearing vintage Bruins jerseys -- and their sons CJ, 10, and Anthony, 7.
"It was fun," said CJ, who is also a goalie who got to stop shots by some of the Bruins.
How did he feel about the whole thing?
"I'm tired," he said.
The visit was arranged with the assistance of the United Way of Western Connecticut. Along with the player appearances, Bruins alumni Bob Sweeney and Tommy Songin helped conduct hockey clinics and the Bruins Youth Hockey Development team held an hourlong clinic with the Newtown High varsity hockey team.
Bruins staff gave out framed team-autographed jerseys to Newtown first responders. All 1,300 attending received T-shirts bearing both a Bruins logo and the Sandy Hook green ribbon, donated by Delaware North Companies.
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2. Remember the gift of breath. (When we focus on breathing deeply for a few minutes it can ground and calm during the most anxious times.)
3. Remember your freedom, your ability to choose what you do today, what you hold in your mind, and who you surround yourself with.
4. Remember to use your senses. Smell the scents in the air; pine, baking food, fresh air. Listen to the sounds around you. Fully experience everything that comes to you through your senses. Be here now.
5. Remember that humans need community, use this opportunity to build positive relationships. Be a part of something greater than yourself.
6. Remember to learn and grow from your experiences.
7. Remember to give others your attention.
8. Remember to appreciate those around you. Let them know.
9. Remember to treat people how we would want to be treated.
10. Remember you can forgive.
11. Remember to look for the light in others and in yourself.
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Q&A with Brenda Davis, R.D.
Q: Is Soy Dangerous?
Q: I've been reading quite a bit about the dangers of consuming too much soy, but to date I have not figured out what those dangers are other than too much estrogen production with its consequences for higher cancer risk. A friend told me that a woman with a Vegetarian Nutrition course to her credit told her that she would recommend rice beverage over soy. Why? Would you kindly clarify this matter for me.
Joyce Ward, Winnipeg
A: Dear Joyce,
Thank you for the opportunity to provide some clarity about this issue. As you may be aware, soy has enjoyed considerable favourable press over the past decade. We have seen reports of soy reducing risk of heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, and reducing symptoms of menopause. Just when soy seemed to be on top of the world, articles and websites began to appear claiming that this new-found health hero was really a villain in disguise. Soy bashers said all the hype about soy was really just propaganda, and that in truth, soy was not a health food, but rather a dangerous substance that should be carefully avoided by humans. In fact, anti-soy advocates claim that eating soy raises risk of cancer, osteoporosis, thyroid problems, birth defects, reproductive problems, nutritional deficiencies and Alzheimer's disease. This has left consumer wondering if soy is really a saint or a sinner.
First, it is important to understand that soy is not something new. The soybean has been used for food for centuries, particularly in the Orient. Traditional forms of soy foods included fresh or frozen beans from the soy pod (called edamame ), soy milk, tofu, and fermented foods, such as tempeh, miso and soy sauce. More recently soy has become a huge hit in North America, with all of the traditional forms of soy widely available in addition to numerous others, such as soy nuts, soy-based meat analogues, soy-based protein beverages, soy chips, soy ice cream, soy yogurt, and the list goes on. These products have become staples for many vegetarians and vegans. So, the question of the safety of soy is one that certainly deserves serious consideration.
Let's briefly address a few of the major claims against soy. For more detailed information about each of these issues, the following websites are most helpful:
Soy and Breast Cancer
Claim : Soy increases risk of breast cancer.
Among the very first health claims made for soy is that it may reduce incidence of breast cancer. It seemed so obvious when one compared the very low rates of breast cancer in Asian countries using large amounts of soy with rates in North American countries that used comparatively small amounts of soy. The risk reduction was thought to be due to the isoflavones (mainly genestein and daidzen) in soy. Isoflavones are a type of phytoestrogen (plant estrogen) that has been thought to interfere with the ability of the potent human form of estrogen to increase cell proliferation and, therefore, cancer risk. However, studies have been mixed. While some do indeed show soy acting as an anti-estrogen, others suggest soy may act as a weak estrogen itself, increasing cancer risk. Interestingly, some studies have shown that while small amounts of genestein increase cell growth, large amounts inhibit it. Finally, there is some evidence that women eating soy from an early age (especially during puberty) do reduce their breast cancer risk, while there seems to be less protection for those who begin to eat soy later in life.
Conclusion: We still do not know all the answers where soy and breast cancer are concerned. However, the evidence is sufficient to say that soy consumption does not increase risk of breast cancer and may reduce risk in some people, especially if soy is consumed from an early age. For those who have estrogen-positive breast cancer, it also appears safe to use soy in moderation.
Soy and Thyroid
Claim : Soy contains natural chemicals known as goitrogens that interfere with thyroid function. These can cause an enlargement of the thyroid gland (a "goiter") and symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as lethargy, dullness, coldness, and depression.
It is true that soy contains goitrogens, as do many other foods such as cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and brussel sprouts), sweet potatoes, lima beans, and millet. However, these foods have been found only to cause problems when iodine intake is low , because goitrogens do their damage by interfering with the thyroid gland's ability to utilize iodine. Between 1951 and 1961, several cases of goiter were diagnosed in infants who had been fed infant formula made from soy flour. These cases are frequently cited by the anti-soy lobbyists to prove soy damages thyroid function (especially in infants). But not a single case of goiter in infants has been caused by soy formula since the 1960s. At that time the soy formula base was changed from soy flour to soy protein isolates, which are low in goitrogens, and manufacturers began fortifying soy formula with iodine.
Soy does not cause thyroid problems in healthy, well-nourished people who are not deficient in iodine. However, people who do not have a reliable source of iodine could increase their risk of thyroid problems if they eat a lot of soy and/or other foods rich in goitrogens. Iodized salt, dairy products, and fish are the main dietary sources of iodine, and most multivitamin/mineral supplements provide the recommended daily allowance. So the answer is not to avoid soy or cruciferous vegetables, but to get enough iodine.
Conclusion : There is no evidence that eating soy foods regularly causes thyroid problems in healthy people who include sufficient iodine in the diet.
Soy and Cognitive Function
Claim: Soyfoods, especially tofu, can cause mental deterioration and accelerate aging.
One study done in Hawaii (the Honolulu Heart Study) found that Japanese-American men who ate the most tofu in middle age had the greatest mental deterioration and dementia as seniors. This study is widely cited as evidence that tofu may cause a reduction in cognitive function. Interestingly, there have been at least three other studies that have suggested that soy provides significant beneficial effects on cognitive function. In addition populations with relatively high soy intake (about a serving a day), including people in Asia and Seventh-day Adventists, experience lower rates of dementia than those populations who eat little if any soy. While this does not prove that soy is beneficial, it does suggest that moderate soy consumption is likely not detrimental.
Conclusion. The weight of the evidence suggests that soy may offer some benefits to cognitive function, although more research is needed before firm conclusions can be made on this issue.
What about soy versus rice milk? It all depends. If you are sensitive to soy or use a lot of soy products, you may wish to use fortified rice milk. However, my preference is for soy - especially for children. Soy is a much richer source of high quality protein, vitamins and minerals. It also contains isoflavones, which are protective for heart health and against osteoporosis. I think it tastes better too.
Brenda Davis is a registered dietitian in Kelowna, B.C., a globetrotting lecturer and the author of several books, including Why Vegan and The New Becoming Vegetarian.


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Target Asks Vendors To Help Combat Store-As-Showroom Problem
A quick skim through the response to any story about major retailers like Best Buy, Target, Sears and others will find a growing number of people talking about how they use these bricks-and-mortar stores as places to go check out a product in person before going to purchase it for less online. In an attempt to combat this trend, Target has written its biggest suppliers for help.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the letter sent last week from Target HQ says that one of the ways to fight "showrooming" is for manufacturers to create specific product lines that would only be sold at bricks-and-mortar locations, meaning that shoppers could not do any truly accurate comparison shopping since there won't be the exact item available elsewhere.
"What we aren't willing to do is let online-only retailers use our brick-and-mortar stores as a showroom for their products and undercut our prices without making investments, as we do, to proudly display your brands," reads the letter, signed by the retailer's CEO and its Executive VP of Merchandising.
Analysts tell the Journal that at least some of the suppliers will be compelled to play ball with Target's plan, given the sheer size of the chain. Even so, some believe that Target exclusives will not be sufficient to win over the large number of shoppers who will choose a lower price point over whatever vendors do to make the in-store purchases more appealing.
Showdown Over 'Showrooming' [WSJ]
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Potato-Beef Barley Soup
Total TimePrep: 10 min. Cook: 30 min.
Makes12 servings (4 quarts)
- 1-1/2 pounds lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 1 large green pepper, chopped
- 7 cups water
- 1 package (32 ounces) frozen cubed hash brown potatoes
- 1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes, undrained
- 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2-1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2-1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 package (16 ounces) frozen cut green beans
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking barley
- In a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, cook beef and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
- Stir in the water, potatoes, tomatoes, soy sauce, garlic powder, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Return to a boil; stir in beans and barley. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-12 minutes or until beans and barley are tender. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes.
Nutrition Facts1-1/3 cups: 217 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 35mg cholesterol, 568mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 5g fiber), 16g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 1 starch, 1 vegetable.
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Jun 14, 2013
This is the first review I have ever written where I could almost say "see other reviews" but I made the soup in almost the same manner they did. I used turkey instead of ground beef, skipped the salt in everything, including adding canned tomatoes with no-salt added. I added extra barley and not too many potatoes. I did also add 1/2 c frozen peas because I'm always sneaking in more veggies and I served each bowl with a dollop of sour cream in the middle. It was great.
Feb 26, 2013
Have many beef barley soup recipes but with the addition of the potato, I just had to try it. It is now a favorite that we will make often. It is just wonderful!!!
Jan 1, 2013
I have made this soup several times. I am a former soup-hater, but this has reformed my tastes. I use ground turkey instead of the beef and add extra barley at my husband's request. This soup is also guest-approved and I wouldn't hesitate to serve it to company again.
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Oct 14, 2012
I made this as directed (except my pepper was red because we like them better, and skipped the salt in everything), and it was really good. The only change I will make is to use half the potatoes and twice the barley.
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Do you use it? I love the look of it, but can't seem to figure how to properly place it for the life of me. How much do you use? How do you place it - where on the branch, how dense...? Any tips (and pics) are welcome. Thnx!
Do you use it? I love the look of it, but can't seem to figure how to properly place it for the life of me. How much do you use? How do you place it - where on the branch, how dense...? Any tips (and pics) are welcome. Thnx!
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i like it... i think im gonna get one for our tree... hehehe
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I often use the vertical tinsel, also called icicles. I have never heard of lanetta (sp?) so I don't know what that is, and as far as I know, angel hair is nothing like tinsel. I haven't seen angel hair on tree in what seems like forever and I have never used it and wouldn't know how much to put on. I think it was made of fiberglass. Anyway, the tinsel icicles can be very beautiful and it really reflects the lights on the tree, so it adds a lot of sparkle. But, it has to be put on carefully; just a strand or two at a time, so it is time consuming. And, you need to make sure each strand is hanging straight down and not leaning on another branch, etc.. for it to look just right. It also likes to stick to you if you get close and so you end up with strands on the floor. It's sorta like Easter grass in that respect. You don't want to get either stuck in the vacuum. oh, and I also use other types of icicles. I have the less expensive plastic ones that look like glass from a distance that have sparkles on them and they still look great on the tree. And this year I just got a box of glass icicles in varying lengths that I can't wait to use.
My parents used angel hair several times back in the 1960's on their tree. It was very beautiful, but was fiberglass so it actually could cut your fingers! I haven't seen it for sale in 40 years! Tinsel is beautiful, but time consuming and messy. I always used to use it, but stopped when I started using artificial trees.
Maybe angel hair is the wrong term (I thought it was the right one, but English isn't my first language so...), I'm talking about tinsel icicles (lametta is another term for tinsel icicles, an Italian one I believe).
Yup, it seems like I'll have to put it a strand (or two) at a time this year, maybe it turns out better. I always have a natural tree, and the kind we use (I'm from Europe) has larger spacings between branches so tinsel icicles are a great idea as you have room for it. But I still manage to get it wrong
I'm pretty sure you're talking about this sort of thing:
Which I LOVE the look of - we always had Tinsel Icicles growing up, but at some point my family swore off them. If you have a real tree that you're getting rid of, it's not a big hassle, but using the same artificial tree year after year it gets Too Messy!
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Appropriately enough for a band named New Years Day, their stunning new Unbreakable album signifies a new outlook—as well as a high-water mark for the Cali-bred lineup. Yet it was a rocky road to Unbreakable, as singer Ash Costello explains: "If I had to look at my life like a timeline of colors, when I wrote our last album, Malevolence (2015), it was pitch, charcoal black. But in the last couple years, the band cut off toxic people, built a new business team, and we're stronger than we've ever been. So when we went to make Unbreakable, I wanted the process to be fun, to reflect our renewed vibe and energy," she says. "We set out to write the poppiest metal album, or the most metal pop album."
On Unbreakable, that mission is accomplished. It's a dozen intense, boundary-melding songs that may touch on metal or goth, but are ultimately undeniable modern rock 'n' roll tunes, no-holds-barred, done the New Years Day way. The public got its first taste of Unbreakable in November 2018, with the booming, ultra-dynamic "Skeletons." The song surpassed 1 million worldwide streams, the first proof that Unbreakable was going to be unbeatable. "Shut Up," with ultra-melodic, breathy vocals and a hardcore message, plus the dark taunt and industrial grind of 'Come For Me," with its irresistible chorus, capture a young band in its creative prime, and a singer solidly in charge of her vision.
The album was produced by Mitch Marlow (All That Remains, In This Moment) and Scott Stevens (Halestorm, Shinedown) and showcases a New Years Day stripped bare—literally. The "boys in the band" left behind their white face makeup, which all admit was somewhat of a "safety blanket." Likewise, Costello stripped down her songwriting. "I used to think lyrics needed to have metaphorical veils and be super-dense and paint a picture but leave it up to the interpretation." But for Unbreakable, she says with characteristic forthrightness: "I was, 'f**k that, I'm literally going to say exactly what I want to say.'
With the upcoming release and the solid new line-up the members of New Years Day finally feel "Unbreakable."
- Come For Me
- MissUnderstood
- Skeletons
- Unbreakable
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MH101: Micro-Hydro Training - Micro-Hydro Design & Installation
This workshop will cover design considerations as they apply to both low and high head micro-hydro systems. The focus will be on core concepts that may be applied to a wide range of hydro applications, including irrigation ditches that are commonly found throughout the Western U.S. Course instruction will include how to measure elevation differences and water flow rates. Several turbines will be installed and tested as part of the course participation. Check out our YouTube video about the course.


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NASA makes plans to live within its means as President Barack Obama unveils the new federal budget. Tough decisions will be made on projects related to Mars and the moon. With a number of space-related centers on campus, UH is entrenched in various research projects related to the future of space exploration and colonization. The UH programs include the Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA), Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), Institute for Space Systems Operations (ISSO), and the UH Space Physics Group.
Experts from each of these institutions are available to discuss the space program.
Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA)
SICSA is internationally recognized for its leadership in the field of space architecture and regarded as the leading academic center in the world for this kind of planning. With research that looks 15 to 30 years down the road, SICSA conducts research into requirements for human orbital and planetary missions, and develops practical concepts for habitats, structures and support systems to meet those needs. The organization also undertakes similar studies involving extreme environments on Earth. A unique research, design and teaching entity, the organization's mission is to plan and implement programs that will advance peaceful and beneficial uses of space and space technology. SICSA initiated the world's first Masters in Space Architecture degree-granting program, established in September 2003.
WEB SITE: http://www.sicsa.uh.edu/
SOURCE: Larry Bell; 713-743-2351; firstname.lastname@example.com
Center for Advanced Materials (CAM)
CAM deals with the practical aspects of energy generation with a focus on new materials development. CAM has extensive experience in new materials applications in space including advanced solar cells and micro fuel cells, and has designed, developed and deployed a primary payload on the Space Shuttle - the Wake Shield Facility - which was used to grow atomically ordered thin film semiconductors in the ultra-vacuum of space. Addressing the next 10 to 15 years in space exploration, CAM is working on such projects as ultra-high efficiency solar cells for the energy needed for working in space, new radiation protection materials for astronauts, and developing methods to manufacture huge solar cell arrays on the surface of the moon using materials from the lunar soil. This lunar regolith (the dust and rocks lying on the moon's surface) contains the raw materials needed to make solar cells, and the thin film solar cell technology is under development at UH. The realization of solar cells fabricated on the moon will not only yield an energy-rich environment for working on the moon and in space, but will also generate excess energy to send back to the Earth for terrestrial needs. CAM scientists have the experience and the research required in the planning for man to leave Earth and head to the moon and Mars.
WEB SITE: http://www.cam.uh.edu/
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Space Physics Group
The Space Physics Group at the University of Houston conducts original research in the areas of atmospheric electricity, atmospheric chemistry, electric spacecraft propulsion, space physics and aeronomy, and upper atmospheric physics. The space physics group provides instruction to UH students and provides a source of qualified, trained personnel to the space-oriented employers of the Houston area. Edgar Bering, UH physics and electrical computer engineering professor, is an expert on the northern lights, electric space propulsion for deep space human applications and heliophysics. Bering is engaged in research related to the design of sustainer engines for manned-Mars missions. He can also provide commentary on geomagnetic sub-storms (often referred to as "space weather"), fair weather atmospheric electricity and sprites.
WEB SITE: http://www.uh.edu/research/spg/spgmain.html
SOURCE: Edgar Bering; 713- 743-3543; email@example.com
Institute for Space Systems Operations (ISSO)
ISSO is the operating agency for the Houston Partnership for Space Exploration (HPSE) at UH and UH-Clear Lake (UHCL). The primary goal is to advance the economic and intellectual development of high-technology communities associated with UH/UHCL, NASA-Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC), and the State of Texas. The research results can be viewed at http://www.isso.uh.edu.
ISSO enables UH/ UHCL faculty to pursue seed projects and multi-year research programs directly related to the primary mission of the NASA-JSC, which is to advance the exploration and development of space in the context of human space flight operations. In 2009 ISSO awarded more than $170,000 for ten new seed-grant projects to UH/UHCL faculty, and in 2008 UH/UHCL faculty reported more than $3 million in external funding for space-related research.
The primary activities of ISSO are the new Aerospace Cluster projects, the continuing Post-doctoral Aerospace Fellowship (PDAF) projects between UH/UHCL and NASA-Johnson Space Center, and the annual seed-grant projects. The PDAF program began in 1995. It and the Aerospace Cluster projects operate through a memorandum of understanding between JSC and the two universities through a Space Act Agreement. ISSO Director David Criswell is an expert on industrial development of the moon and the economic benefits to Earth, lunar-solar energy, lunar exploration and utilization.
WEBSITE: http://www.isso.uh.edu/
SOURCE: Dave Criswell; 713-743-9135; email@example.com
The Department of Health and Human Performance (HHP)
HHP offers a master's degree in Human Space Exploration Science provides both academic and practical training for a solid foundation in the academy and the unique challenges faced when working in the human space flight environment. Taught by NASA life scientists who conduct the groundbreaking research in the space environment, the area of study enables students to begin to contribute to America's space program while earning their degree.
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Search BCA Hall of Fame Inductees by Year
Hall of Fame Inductees: 1992-1996
Nick Varner
"Kentucky Colonel"
1948 - Present
Inducted 1992
Learning the basics of pool at an early age from his father in his hometown of Owensboro, Kentucky, Nick Varner displayed his great overall talents in 14.1, Nine Ball, One Pocket and Bank Pool by claiming the 1969 and 1970 national ACU-I collegiate titles, the World 14.1 Championship in 1980 and 1986 and the BCA National Eight Ball Championship in 1980. Accumulating over 20 major titles in his career, he became only the second man to earn over $100,000 in prize winnings in the memorable 1989 season in which he won eight of the 16 major Nine Ball events. Winner of the Player of the Year in 1980 and 1989, and the first honoree of the MPBA Sportsperson of the Year in 1991, Nick has always been an exemplary role model and has enriched the sport of pocket billiards through his many years of dedication to excellence and sportsmanship.
Michael Phelan
1817 - 1871
Inducted 1993
Michael Phelan is considered by many to be the Father of American Billiards as a player, inventor, manufacturer and tireless popularizer of billiards. He played in and won the first billiard stakes match in 1859, and holds many patents for table designs and cushions. He is credited as being the first to put diamonds on tables. He authored "Billiards Without A Master" (1850), the first American book on billiards, and set trend for lavish billiard rooms through his New York room on Broadway.
Eddie Taylor is a two-time world all-around tournament champion. He defeated Hall-of-Famer Luther Lassiter in all-around finals in Johnston City, Ill., in 1964. He also defeated Danny Jones and Mike Eufemia at '67 Stardust Open finals in Las Vegas. He lost to Lassiter in '63 Johnston City all-around finals, and finished 7th in '67 World 14.1 championship in New York.A Tennessee native, the "Knoxville Bear" was inducted into the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. He is an active promoter of billiards in Boys Clubs of America, and is regarded as one of the greatest one-pocket and bank pool players of all time.
Ray Martin
"Cool Cat"
1936 - Present
Inducted 1994
Ray Martin was born in 1936, his world titles in straight pool in 1971, 1974 and 1978 make Ray Martin one of only seven players in this century to win three or more world 14.1 titles. He has many nine-ball tournament wins to his credit as well, including the 1980 Caesars Tahoe Invitational, the 1981 ESPN King of the Hill, and the 1983 Music City Open. While concentrating today more on teaching than playing, Martin is still a threat in straight pool tournaments, finishing fourth and fifth in the 1992 and 1993 BCA U.S. Opens. In collaboration with Rosser Reeves, Martin wrote "The 99 Critical Shots in Pool" (1977).
Jimmy Moore
1911 - 1999
Inducted 1994
Jimmy Moore was born in 1911 in Troupe County, Georgia. Although Moore never won a title, he claimed the National Pocket Billiards Championship in a 3,000-point match win over Luther Lassiter in 1958. At the National Invitational Pocket Billiards Championship in New York City in 1965, he easily outdistanced a straight-pool field which included the strongest players of the period such as Joe Balsis, Ed Kelly, Lou Butera, Luther Lassiter and Eddie Taylor. He is a five-time runner-up in world 14.1 championship play. He posted high finishes in many other major events in the '50s and '60s.
Cisero S. Murphy was born in a North Carolina in 1935. Cisero S. Murphy was the first and only African-American ever to win a world or U.S. national billiard title. He started by taking the New York City championship at age 16. While in his 20's he won the Eastern States 14.1 Championship six straight times against top competition, but because of his race was not invited to compete in world title events until 1965, when he won the Burbank World Invitational 14.1 tournament, beating Joe Balsis, Jimmy Moore and Luther Lassiter. Murphy is only one of two players to win a World Title on his first attempt. (Ray Martin is the other.) He continued to place near the top in straight pool events during the 1960s and, two decades later, had a winning record in the 1983 BCA U.S. Open 14.1 Championship. Murphy has posted several competitive high runs of over 250 balls.
Dallas West, the only player to appear in every BCA U.S. Open straight pool championship, was born in 1941 in Rockford, Illinois. By age 13, he had run 97 balls at straight pool. The holder of several state pool titles, West was the U.S. Open champion in 1975 and 1983. An expert 9-ball player, he earned second place in the 1995 WPA World Championship. He also plays top-level three cushions. West has shared his extensive knowledge of straight pool on video recordings, explaining in detail how long runs are made. He has been winning tournaments for over 20 years and has earned the respect of the best players in the game for his positive attitude, gentlemanly behavior, and competitive spirit.
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troy >> Legal action was dismissed regarding the Ark Community Charter School's fight to remain open, according to court documents.
And the school, officials said, will not reopen for another school year.
A decision made by Acting State Supreme Court Justice Michael Melkonian this week in Rensselaer County states that the Ark Community Charter School and its legal representation team were unable to prove that Susan Miller Barker, executive director of the SUNY Charter Schools Institute, had a personal interest that impacted the decision made by the SUNY Board of Trustees to close the school.
"Petitioners have failed to sustain their burden," stated the six-page document that was signed by Melkonian on Wednesday.
Melkonian had dismissed multiple other claims from the school against SUNY and the Charter Schools Institute in SUNY's motion to dismiss. The only claim that had not been dismissed in early June was the possibility of bias on the part of Barker, who was a founding member of Troy Prep, which is located in South Troy.
"Petitioners [the Ark] have identified no personal financial benefit that might impair Ms. Miller Barker's ability to act in a disinterested way; nor have they substantiated their claim that Troy Prep may financially benefit from the denial of Ark's renewal application," the court decision/order said. It continued: "To the extent petitioners assert that the Charter Schools Committee simply rubber-stamped the recommendation of the Institute staff without independently considering all the evidence or the presentation and arguments of the school, they cannot bear the weight of that argument."
The Charter Schools Institute had filed a report on the school which found that it was lacking academically. The school argued that their test scores were fine except the first year of the Common Core, which was a tough year for all schools' scores.
The Institute recommended closure and the Board of Trustees accepted that recommendation with a vote of 2-1 in March. The school officials initially said they had not planned to fight the decision but then changed their mind when many in the community voiced support for the school to remain open.
Melkonian in his decision considered affidavits from Steve Axelrod, the board chairman of the Ark, and Miller Barker, among others.
The Ark Community Charter School held their last day of class last Friday.
In a statement Thursday, Axelrod said: "We feel fortunate to have been embraced by this community, and allowed to serve our students and their families, over the past 13 years. We consider it a privilege to have had the opportunity to assist our students in growing academically, socially and ethically. Putting our youngest citizens on the path to becoming productive and successful adults has been our mission and will live on as our legacy."
He continued: "We will be forever grateful to so many people who have contributed to the Ark's success over the years, from the families who entrusted us with their children's education, to the organizations that have invested in our school, to the faculty and staff whose dedication and commitment have been second to none. And we are especially thankful to so many great people and outstanding institutions in our community who have stood by our side, lending invaluable support and assistance, during the past several months. More than anything, we take pride in the accomplishments of our students, and we are confident that they will forever carry forward the true spirit of the Ark Community Charter School."
Ark officials said they do not plan to file any further legal action.
There was no comment from SUNY officials on the decision.
The school, which started in 2001, had 30 staff members. It was located on River Street. It is unclear what will happen with the school's former building or their fund balance.
The 200 students, unless enrolled at another local charter school or private school, will be enrolled in their respective public school districts in the fall.
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Collegiate Personal Bests:
400 Meter Dash: 50.58
500 Meter Dash: 1:06.46
55 Meter Hurdles: 8.58
60 Meter Hurdles: 9.02
110 Meter Hurdles: 16.90
400 Meter Hurdles: 54.50
2013 Outdoor Track: Placed second at the Holy Cross Invitational in the 400m hurdles with a career-best time of 54.50...Posted a time of 51.83 in the 400m dash at the Monmouth Season Opener, finishing 22nd out of 45 competitors...Ran the first leg in the 4x400m relay at the NEC Outdoor Championships, helping the team to a fourth-place finish in 3:17.50.
2013 Indoor Track: Posted a career-best time of 51.64 at the NEC Indoor Championships in the 400m dash...Clocked a career-best time of 1:06.46 in the 500m dash at the NEICAAA Indoor Championships on Feb. 22...Competed at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships as a member of the 4x400m relay squad, the team finished in 3:17.15.
2012 Outdoor Track: Took sixth overall at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships in the 400 meter hurdle finals with a time of 55.59...Ran his career-best 55.13 in the prelim for the event...Completed the 110 meter hurdles in 12th with a time of 16.90 at the UMASS Invitational on April 16.
2012 Indoor Track: Ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay at the Northeast Conference Indoor Championships, the team took fifth clocking 3:24.63...Placed seventh in the 400 meter dash against UCONN and Southern Connecticut on Jan. 7 with a time of 52.83...Finished 10th in the 60m hurdles at the Yale Giegengack Invitational on Feb. 3, earning his career-best 9.02 time for the event...Took 11th in the 500 meter dash with a time of 1:06.52 at the Yale Giegengack Invitational...Ran the 400 meter dash at the Yale Collegiate Invitational on Jan. 14 finishing in 51.99 for 17th place...Clocked a time of 8.58 in the 55 meter hurdles at the Joe Donahue Boston Indoor Games on Jan. 27 for 26th place.
2010-2011: Competed in both indoor and outdoor track & field...Placed second in the 400m crossing the line at 52.20...At the Giegengack Invitational he placed second in the 500m clocking in at 1:07.74.
Before Central: Captained Riverhead High School's track and field team in 2010...Four-time All-League honoree...Two-time All-County honoree...Holds records in the 4x400m relay and SMR at Riverhead.


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Its a little strange to me how few regexp tutorials start with the basics and move on from there. Maybe I'm too close to the trees or maybe im too advanced to see what a beginner would need, but it strikes me that ommitting the basics is a bad start.
There are five fundamental building blocks of a regular expression. They are "characters", "concatenation", "alternation", "grouping", and "kleene closure"
Characters are literal characters that must be matched. A character is matched by finding the leftmost occuring equivelent in the input string.
Concatenation is the principle that two characters are concatenated together when not seperated by an operator. Concatenation is implied in a pattern, there is no special operator for it, and has the lowest precedence of all operators except for alternation.
Alternation is the way to say "match this subpattern or that subpattern". It is denoted by putting a | symbol in between the two subpatterns. Alternation has the lowest precedence of all the operators.
Grouping is a way to combine multiple components into a self contained subpattern. Alternation is often place into a grouping construct. In perl grouping is denoted by putting the subpattern in a parenthesis.
Kleene closure is a special pattern that matches 0 or more subpatterns in a string. This is denoted by a postfix * operator, or in less technical terms by placing a * after the subpattern.
It turns out that many of the common tasks one would wish to perform with a regex are quite clumsy when restricted to such a sparse language. Therefore various extensions have been made which allow common constructs to be written more elegantly.
Its common to want to match 1 or more subpatterns. While this can be expressed using klene closure alone, it can be clumsy, therefore the postfix plus operator is provided. P+ is defined to match the same thing as PP*.
Its common to want to match any one of several characters at a given point in a string. Therefore the "character class" parenthetical construct is provided. [ABC] matches the same text that (A|B|C) matches. Note that this is restricted to single characters and not longer subpatterns.
The ability to optionally match something is a common requirement. Therefore the ? postfix operator is provided. P? matches the same thing as (P|) matches. (P or nothing)
Anyway, just some thoughts for you. Obviously it all could use more polishing, buts its basic material that i think makes it easier to understand regexes.
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Sometimes things happen so fast I don't even have time to blog them...
Part 45: Most of the stuff is back under the stairs. Kinda. You can sorta walk through our kitchen now...
Part 46: Priming! Our painter showed back up in town and came out to prime the walls this weekend. It took an hour for the entire thing, using a sprayer...
Parts 47 & 48: Mr. B bought the MDF for the shelves, and our trim guy came and installed the bottom shelves in the entertainment center and on the corner knee walls. I'll post pics at some point to show what the heck I mean by that.
Part 49: Drywall touch-up.
Part 50: The switch for the light under the stairs is installed. We'll probably never use it, since the light has a motion sensor, but it's there. :-)
Part 51: The great returning. We took about $400 worth of stuff back to Lowe's. Cha-ching!
Part 52: All of the trim and doors have been ordered and will delivered on Friday.
Part 53: Paint! We have paint! On the walls! It's painted!!! Our painter and his guys came out today and painted the entire basement. They're coming back tomorrow to touch up, but it's basically done!
The Basement (Parts 45-53 of 184)
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
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Feel free to use the information on this site, however it will not be updated and may quickly be out of date. All enquiries should be directed to Kirklees Pupil Admissions.
You'll be sent a letter with the decision about your child's school. You can appeal against the decision. The letter will tell you how.
You must appeal against each rejection separately.
Appeals for infant classes (Class Size)
For 5 to 7 year olds, the class size is limited to 30. Your application can be turned down if all the classes already have 30 children.
You can still appeal if your child would have been offered a place. Your appeal could be successful if:
- the admission arrangements haven't been properly followed
- the admission criteria aren't legal according to the school admissions appeal code
- the decision to refuse your child a place wasn't reasonable
Appeals for children adopted from care
You can appeal a decision if both of these apply:
- you adopted your child from local authority care before 30 December
- you didn't get your first choice school for September
You can still appeal if you've already accepted a place at another school.
The school must admit your child if your appeal is successful.
Help preparing your appeal
Coram Children's Legal Centre may be able to help you prepare your appeal (and a School Choice Adviser)
When the hearing will be
The 'admission authority' for the school (usually the school itself or the council) must give you at least 10 school days' notice of the hearing.
Appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for making an appeal.
What happens at the appeal hearing
There's a panel of 3 people at the appeal hearing. The panel must be independent.
- The admission authority will explain why they turned down your application.
- You'll be able to give your own reasons why your child should be admitted.
- The appeals panel must decide if the school's admission criteria were properly followed and are legal according to the school admissions appeals code.
- If the criteria are legal and were properly followed, the panel must decide if they were followed fairly and thoroughly.
- If the criteria weren't properly followed or are illegal, your appeal must be upheld.
- If your appeal has not already been upheld, the panel will decide if your reasons for your child to be admitted outweigh the school's reasons for not admitting another child.
- The panel will send you and the admission authority their decision within 5 school days.
A panel's decision can only be overturned by a court. If there's a change in your circumstances which could affect the decision, you may be able to appeal again.
Complain about the appeals process
You can complain about the way the appeal was carried out, but you can't complain about the decision itself.
Maintained schools
Complain to the Local Government Ombudsman.
Fill in the online complaint form.
Other schools
Complain to the Education Funding Agency about an appeal made to:
- free schools
- academies
- university technical colleges
- studio schools
Fill in the online complaint form – sign up for an account if you want to save your form.
Contact the Education Funding Agency if you need a paper form instead.
You should get a decision on your complaint within 9 weeks (45 working days). You'll be told if it'll take longer.
You'll get a letter explaining the reasons for the decision.
If the Education Funding Agency decides something went wrong with the appeals panel, it may either:
- ask the school to hold a new appeal hearing with a different panel
- recommend the school reviews its appeals process
If a maintained school becomes an academy
If you complain about an admission appeal hearing held by a maintained school that then converts to academy status, this complaint will be investigated by the Local Government Ombudsman.
The Ombudsman will pass any actions to the Education Funding Agency.
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Starting November 20th, the new Play:5 is shipping and on shelves all over the U.S., reaching the rest of the world starting Wednesday, November 25th. Here, Sonos Studio illustrates the collaborative approach between design and engineering teams that led to our new flagship smart speaker. This article originally appeared in the print edition of Sonos Studio Zine, Vol.3.
"You gotta get beyond thinking about a speaker. You gotta think beyond to what does it mean to hear music." – Chris Kallai, Director of Engineering at Sonos.
Can't stop. Won't stop. The all-new Play:5 and Trueplay coming to #Sonos this year. blog.sonos.com
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Chris Kallai, along with Tad Toulis, VP Design and Industrial Design, and Mieko Kusano, Senior Director of Design at Sonos, have been pushing themselves to think and design beyond the boundaries. Together, their teams have been designing and developing the future of sound.
The future feels closer than ever thanks to unprecedented advances in software and hardware, including two new products that represent the apex of collaboration at Sonos. Trueplay is updateable software that will allow listeners to adjust and tune speakers based on the acoustics of a room, and the all-new Play:5 is Sonos' most technologically advanced hardware yet.
"We're really trying to make products that fit great in the house, sound amazing, and look beautiful in the home," says Kallai. "And having the design team push the product development team into these spaces forces us to think about innovative ways to solve problems."
"Our best solutions are formed under good, constructive pressure," agrees Toulis.
For the design and engineering teams at Sonos, that "good pressure" is the spirit of collaboration, and the sonic output of this is a "diamond" borne from pressure and passion colliding.
How the future will feel
New forms are often a response to new technology, but in the audio world, that interplay is also informed by emotion and experience.
The teams at Sonos have spent a lot of time thinking not just about how an audio element will look and sound in the future, but how it will behave. "A lot of people think about speakers as cool hi-fi equipment in terms of performance," says Kusano. "But when you think about a modern day home and how people actually enjoy music, it's more through streaming."
That's why the design and engineering teams at Sonos have focused on making products that reflect the quality of high fidelity sound combined with the latest technology, especially streaming.
"When I got my first Sonos product, I was amazed that I had been listening to such dirty music," says Kallai. "My whole music experience had sort of disintegrated down into what was on my laptop, and that was okay only because it was expedient, not because it was great sound. I think we're getting into a space—not just our company but the whole technology field, where hi-fi and tech blend and streaming music becomes more and more a part of the way people are living their lives."
"…It's all on us to really design amazing hardware and software. It's going to have a more organic feel. It's not tech for tech's sake." – Tad Toulis
The future of audio, agrees Toulis, is about the experience. "Music is something that's innate to human-kind," says Toulis. "So it's all on us to really design amazing hardware and software. It's going to have a more organic feel. It's not tech for tech's sake."
According to Kallai, the future is as close—and as far away—as another room in your own home. "What's going to be exciting is… maybe the product is in the other room and I'm hearing it in the living room," says Kallai. "You get to violate these expectations."
How the future will look
"I think we're gonna find that technology will allow us to do different things…so rather than having six products, you have one thing that does six things,"says Kallai. "We do less things, but we expect more out of each one."
The idea of simplicity, and "less things that do more" is in the Sonos DNA.
"At Sonos, we like to design things from the inside out, which means you have all of these different disciplines working together—radio frequency engineers, acoustic engineers, mechanical engineers, and designers." – Mieko Kusano
This minimalistic philosophy allows Sonos to emphasize the little details in one simple form. That attention to detail shows up in elements that the team at Sonos sees as part of designing for the future, such as a redesigned and universal power cord, the removal of PVC and halogen in favor of environmentally-friendly materials, and the introduction of a signature detail that responds to surface touch and gesture control on every product.
"At Sonos, we like to design things from the inside out, which means you have all of these different disciplines working together—radio frequency engineers, acoustic engineers, mechanical engineers, and designers," says Kusano. This process helps the team come up with the best solution with no extraneous elements.
"One of the things I thought about before I joined Sonos was what would be the apex of design in this space," says Kallai. "One thought was a brick with no open area that is transmissive of air and soundwaves. But how do you build that thing in a way that actually works and doesn't overheat?"
While that brick has yet to be made, the design and engineering teams at Sonos have been working on new products that are just as intriguing.
Making a diamond
"The design of the Play:5 has been three years in the making," says Kusano. "It was a massive challenge to overcome, to make something that sounded great in orientations and then at the same time was stable forward, backward, and sideways."
Simple is hard. Congrats all the folks who worked so hard to deliver on this flat out 'awesomeness' pic.twitter.com/445oowUOxX
— tad toulis (@LA360) September 29, 2015
The Play:5 has spawned new solutions, like a perforated grill with 60,000 holes individually located on the curved surface and intuitive touch controls, while remaining aesthetically minimal, sleek, and future-oriented.
"No one realizes on the inside there's six transducers, huge amplifiers, multiple antennas, the best cutting-edge wireless on the planet, sensors to know what orientation you're in…all that stuff is jammed in this tiny little box. Yet it looks simple and sexy."
"The coolest thing about that product is that we've worked so hard to deliver a speaker that looks like a speaker, because the category has a lot of stuff that feels heavily influenced by consumer electronics," says Toulis. "The minute you see [the Play:5], you know you've seen it before, you just haven't seen it 'that' way. I think from a design perspective, when you can do that – is when you know you're talking with someone's subconscious."
"No one realizes on the inside there's six transducers, huge amplifiers, multiple antennas, the best cutting-edge wireless on the planet, sensors to know what orientation you're in…all that stuff is jammed in this tiny little box," says Kallai. "Yet it looks simple and sexy."
Kallai, Toulis, and Kusano emphasize that creating software products like Trueplay and hardware like the new Play:5 wouldn't be possible without the constructive tension created through collaboration.
"Having pressure over the various teams ideally generates a diamond out of a chunk of coal," says Kallai. "It loops into this concept of right product where we're making sure that it looks amazing, it sounds amazing, it has great wireless performance, we can manufacture the thing in millions…having that healthy tension of debating between great sound and great looks, advancing hardware through software innovation, at the end of the day makes an awesome product."
But don't take our word for it. Go check one out for yourself.


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When you have 30 minutes to burn, the short film Patent Absurdity is worth a look. It gets a bit heavy-handed sometimes, and as can be expected, it might be a little one-sided, but it does an acceptable job of picking over American patent structure and its history.
Of course I say that not knowing word one about either, except for what I see and read by way of using Linux. So my opinion is formed over a very superficial — and probably likewise one-sided — frame of reference. Be that as it may, it's still worth a half an hour of your life. 😉


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In the 8 years that I've had my job, I've been lucky enough to sideswipe the political obligations that come with an election year. Tonight was the first time that I turned in my ticket to attend a judiciary fundraiser. Due to the circumstance, I actually wanted to go.
The most lovely part of the event was that it was family-friendly and my kids were requested to come along. Let's hear it for not having to ditch my kids at home with a babysitter. Yeah!
It's fair to say that we actually enjoyed our evening and everyone was on good behavior. Even my husband. (Just joking Honey!) When we got home, I thought it was high time to get some pictures of all of us looking a little more put together. Proof that we can clean up pretty-alright. Alright.
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During his 31-year career at Einstein, Dr. Charles W. Nordin, currently Professor of Medicine, has been a distinguished clinician and gifted educator. An attending cardiologist at Montefiore and Jacobi Medical Centers since 1983, Dr. Nordin also served as Chair of Medicine at Jacobi/North Central Bronx Hospital and co-director of the Einstein-sponsored medicine residency program at Jacobi from 1997 to 2009.
As an educator, Dr. Nordin has been co-director (with Dr. Steven Factor) of Einstein's second-year Cardiovascular System course for the past 21 years. In 2010, he was asked to assume directorship of the first-year Cardiovascular Physiology course as well, vastly improving student understanding of and competence in this challenging subject. Dr. Nordin's excellence in teaching has been recognized numerous times, first by his election to the Leo M. Davidoff Society. He subsequently received the student-nominated Samuel M. Rosen Award for Outstanding Teaching (Basic Science) in 1996 and the Harry Eagle Award for Outstanding Basic Science Teaching in 1999. The following year, he was chosen by the graduating M.D. class as its Alpha Omega Alpha Faculty Inductee.
Dr. Nordin is a member of the scientific council of the American Heart Association and serves as a journal reviewer for numerous publications, including Cardiovascular Research, the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology and the American Journal of Physiology. A native of Iowa, Dr. Nordin comes from a family of physicians, including his father, grandfather and two brothers. He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Yale in 1971 and his medical degree from Harvard in 1976. Following his internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital, he spent a year as a research fellow in cardiology at Einstein before joining the Einstein faculty in 1983.
A. Original Communications in Reviewed Journals
l. Fein, F., Aronson, R.S., Nordin, C., Miller‑Green, B., and Sonnenblick, E.H.: Altered myocardial response to ouabain in diabetic rats: Mechanics and electrophysiology. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology l5: 769‑784, l983.
2. Aronson, R., and Nordin, C.: Electrophysiologic properties of hypertrophied myocytes isolated from rats with renal hypertension. European Heart Journal 5 (Suppl. F): 339‑345, l984.
3. Fein, F., Capasso, J., Aronson, R., Cho, S., Nordin, C., Miller‑Green, B., Sonnenblick, E. and Factor, S.: Combined renovascular hypertension and diabetes in rats: A new model of congestive cardiomyopathy. Circulation 70: 3l8‑330, l984.
4. Nordin, C., Gilat, E. and Aronson, R.S.: Delayed afterdepolarizations and triggered activity in ventricular muscle in rats with streptozotocin induced diabetes. Circulation Research 57: 28‑34, l985.
5. Aronson, R.S. and Nordin, C.: Arrhythmogenic interaction between low potassium and ouabain in isolated guinea‑pig ventricular myocytes. Journal of Physiology 400: 113‑134, 1988.
6. Nordin, C., Siri, F., Aronson, R: Electrophysiologic characteristics of single myocytes isolated from hypertrophied guinea pig hearts. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 21: 729‑739, 1989.
7. Arbeeny, C.M., Nordin, C., Edelstein, D., Stram, N., and Eder, H.: Hyperlipoproteinemia in spontaneously diabetic guinea pigs. Metabolism 38: 895‑900, 1989.
8. Siri, F., Nordin, C., Factor, S., Sonnenblick E., and Aronson, R.: Compensatory hypertrophy and failure in gradual pressure overloaded guinea pig heart. American Journal of Physiology 257 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 26): H1016‑H1024, 1989.
9. Gilat, E., Nordin, C., and Aronson, R.: The role of reduced potassium conductance in generating triggered activity in ventricular muscle. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 22: 619‑628, 1990.
10. Gilat, E., Aronson, R., and Nordin, C.: Triggered activity induced by K+‑ free, Na+ deficient solution in guinea pig ventricular muscle: The effects of ouabain, lidocaine, and Ca2+ channel blockers. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 16: 267‑275, 1990.
11. Siri, F., Krueger, J., Nordin, C., Ming, Z., and Aronson, R.: Depressed intracellular calcium transients and contraction in myocytes from hypertrophied and failing guinea pig hearts. American Journal of Physiology 261: (Heart Circ. Physiol. 30): H514‑H530, 1991.
12. Nordin, C.: Computer model of membrane current and intracellular Ca2+ flux in the isolated guinea pig ventricular myocyte. American Journal of Physiology 265 (Heart Circ. Physiol 34): H2117‑H2136, 1993
13. Ming, Z., Nordin, C., and Aronson, R.S.: Role of L-type calcium channel window current in generating current‑induced early afterdepolarizations. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 5:323‑334, 1994
14. Ming, Z., Nordin, C., Siri, F.M., and Aronson, R.S.: Reduced calcium current density in single myocytes isolated from hypertrophied failing guinea pig hearts. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 26: 1133-1143, 1994.
15. Ming, Z., Aronson, R.S. and Nordin, C: Mechanism of current-induced early afterdepolarizations in isolated guinea pig myocytes. American Journal of Physiology, 267 (Heart Circ. Physiol 36): H1419-1428, 1994.
16. Nordin, C. and Ming, Z.: Computer model of current-induced early afterdepolarizations in guinea pig myocytes. American Journal of Physiology 268 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 37): H2440-H2459, 1995.
17. Ming, Z. and Nordin, C. Terfenadine blocks time-dependent Ca2+, Na+ and K+ channels in guinea pig ventricular myocytes. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 26: 761-769, 1995
18. Nordin, C. Effect of Ca2+ loading on response of depolarized guinea pig myocytes to premature stimulations. American Journal of Physiology 270 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 39): H447-H465, 1996.
19. Nordin, C.: Computer model of electrophysiologic instability in very small heterogeneous ventricular syncytia. American Journal of Physiology 272 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 34): H1838-H1856, 1997.
20. Grant, T, Soriano, Y, Marantz P, Nelson, I, Williams, E, Ramirex, D, Burg, J, and Nordin, C. Community-based screening for cardiovascular disease and diabetes using HbA1c. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 26: 271-275, 2004.
21. Nordin, C, Amiruddin R, Rucker L, Choi J, Kohli A, Marantz P. Diabetes and stress hyperglycemia associated with myocardial infarctions at an urban municipal hospital: Prevalence and effect on mortality. Cardiology in Review 13: 223-230, 2005.
22. Nordin,C, Kohli A, Beca S, Zaharia V, Grant T, Leider J, Marantz P. Importance of hepatitis C coinfection in the development of QT prolongation in HIV-infected patients. Journal of Electrocardiology, 39: 19-205, 2006.
23. Dattilo, PB, Nordin, C. Case report: Prolonged QT associated with an overdose of trazodone. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, in press.
24. Dattilo PB, Hailper ,S, Fearon K, Sohal D, Nordin C.Beta Blockers Are Associated with Reduced Risk of Myocardial Infarction following Cocaine Use. Annals of Emergency Medicine 51: 117-125, 2008.
25. Mazurek JA, Hailpern SM, GoringT, Nordin C. Prevalence of Hemoglobin A1c greater than 6.5% and 7.0% among hospitalized patients without known diagnosis of diabetes at an urban inner city hospital. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2010, epub
B. Books, Chapters in Books, and Review Articles:
1. Nordin, C.: Basic relationships between congestive heart failure and ventricular arrhythmias. Heart Failure l: 256‑270, l986.
2. Nordin, C. and Aronson, R.S.: Interactions between oscillatory currents and membrane conductance in isolated cardiac ventricular myocytes: Experimental description and preliminary modeling. In Activation, Metabolism and Perfusion of the Heart S. Sideman, R. Beyar Eds., Martinus Nihoff, 1987, pp. 151‑171.
3. Nordin, C.: Abnormal Ca2+ handling and the generation of ventricular arrhythmias in congestive heart failure. Heart Failure 5:147‑154, 1989.
4. Nordin, C.: Computer modeling of interactions between normal and damaged myocytes: New approaches to the etiology of ventricular arrhythmias. In Modeling and Control in Biomedical Systems: Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium. B.W. Patterson, ed. Madison: Omnipress, 1994, pp.70‑75.


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Bloomberg reports Oil Tankers Squeezed as Rates Drop to Lowest Since '97.Aframaxes, already this year's worst- performing oil tankers, are poised for the lowest annual rates in at least 15 years as Europe's economic stagnation curbs demand, the region's most-accurate shipping analysts said.
The 800-foot vessels will make about $12,000 a day in 2012, the least since 1997, said Anders Karlsen, an analyst at Nordea Markets in Oslo. His recommendations on the industry returned 25 percent in the past year, more than any shipping analyst in Europe tracked by Bloomberg.
The vessels are struggling to win cargoes on all sides of the Atlantic, with European oil demand contracting for a sixth year at a time when the U.S. push for energy independence is driving down crude imports to the lowest since 1999. That's drawing more South American and West African supply to Asia on routes favoring very large crude carriers, displacing smaller Suezmaxes which in turn are competing with Aframaxes.
"With the situation in Europe, the picture for Aframaxes is just abysmal," said Erik Nikolai Stavseth, an Oslo-based analyst at Arctic Securities ASA who anticipates an annual average of $10,000. "VLCCs are taking out Suezmaxes, and Suezmaxes are taking out Aframaxes," said Stavseth, whose recommendations returned 24 percent in the past year, the second-best performance in the region.
European oil demand will decline 2 percent to 14.7 million barrels a day this year, the lowest since at least 1996, the Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates. The region's refineries are shutting at the fastest pace in three decades as economies stagnate or contract and competition from U.S. rivals using cheaper grades of crude intensifies. Aframaxes get 48 percent of their cargoes from Europe, Clarkson estimates.
The U.S. is producing the most crude in 13 years after prices rose almost fourfold in a decade, Energy Department data show. Companies were drilling 2,329 wells last month, the most in a quarter century, the data show. Aframaxes rely on North America for about 14 percent of their cargoes, the same order of magnitude by which imports carried on the vessels will fall this year, according to Clarkson.
The slump in European demand may reverse as its economies strengthen, with the International Monetary Fund predicting 2013 growth of 0.9 percent in the 17-nation euro zone, from a 0.3 percent drop in 2012.Comments From Tim Wallace
Reader Tim Wallace says ...Hello Mish
EU demand is dropping along the same lines as USA, six consecutive years of decline, now equal to 1996 levels. USA oil consumption is at 1998 levels.
How can anyone not see the global economy never recovered from 2008? Only government debt spending has kept the economy from the abyss. As you know that is nothing but a misguided can-kicking exercise.IMF Smoking Happy Dope
To that I would add the IMF is smoking "happy dope" to believe the eurozone will contract a mere .3% in 2012 and expand at .9% in 2013.
Moreover, the US economy is clearly slowing rapidly and is likely in recession right now.
I will have the latest US 3-month oil usage charts from Tim Wallace shortly.
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Order today, they are limited and will surely sell out.Since we are on the topic of my sister and with the risk of embarassing her, I will brag a bit about one of her many talents, her writing skills. If you don't know her or read her blog start by reading this one post. You will be completely entertained and will laugh your head off. Let her know I sent you and while you are there grab some cute Halloween bows.
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DEA agent got Secret Service call girl
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a U.S. drug agent arranged to hire a prostitute for one of the Secret Service agents involved in a Colombian prostitution scandal last year.
In a summary of its investigation dated Dec. 20, the department's inspector general says a Drug Enforcement Administration agent stationed in the seaside resort of Cartagena arranged for a prostitute to give a Secret Service agent a massage. The report says the pair later had a sexual encounter and the DEA agent arranged payment for the woman.
( PHOTOS: Secret Service prostitution scandal unfolds in Colombia)
The report says three DEA agents erased data from their government-issued Blackberry cellphones amid the investigation.
Thirteen Secret Service employees were entangled in the scandal over prostitution before a regional summit attended by President Barack Obama.


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